[Report 1929] / Medical Officer of Health, Somerset County Council.

  • Somerset (England). County Council.
Date:
1929
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Credit: [Report 1929] / Medical Officer of Health, Somerset County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The “recent cases still under treatment’’ includes all cases the treatment of which was commenced within 4 months of the end of the year, i.e., all cases reported after September 1st, 1929. These results may be considered satisfactory. Excluding the recent cases, the 10 deaths and the 3 who left the County, the figures show 27.7 per cent, cured, 17.5 per cent, practically cured, 40.3 per cent, improved but still under treatment and only 14.5 per cent, with no visible improve¬ ment or with definite deformity necessitating transfer to the Orthopaedic Clinic. The table given in last year’s Report left 86 children still under treatment at the end of 1928. All these cases have been on our Rickets register and under treatment. The results as regards these 86 cases are shown in Table XX. TABLE XX. Cases still under Treatment at the end of 1928. Reported at end of 1928 as:— Results of Treatment. Greatly im¬ proved still under treatment. Improved still under treatment. No visible improvement Total. Cured . No further treatment required, and only 17 18 4 39 kept under supervision .. 5 6 3 14 Improved ; still under treatment No improvement . 8 9 3 20 0 0 0 0 Died . 0 0 0 0 Left the County . 1 1 0 2 Transferred to Orthopaedic Scheme . Of School age, and referred for special 2 2 3 7 attention of School Medical Inspector 2 1 1 4 35 37 14 86